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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What epiphany does Betsy Goodman have immediately after Lisa Shilling attacks Elizabeth Frazer?
(a) That Mary Nell Fickett is very bossy.
(b) That Lisa is mentally ill.
(c) That Elizabeth secretly has been dating Brian Morris.
(d) That Elizabeth previously had suffered from mental illness.

2. Mr. Shilling meets with Rev. Fickett, Mr. Milne, and his daughter, and rejects their claim that Lisa Shilling is suffering from mental illness. What does Mr. Shilling do after the meeting ends?
(a) He takes Lisa to the hospital.
(b) He leaves town on a business trip.
(c) He starts drinking heavily.
(d) He roughs up his wife and daughters.

3. Mary Nell Fickett explains how she intends to help Lisa Shilling--she refers to the process as...
(a) Psychoanalyze.
(b) Therapy-ize.
(c) Hypnotize.
(d) Mesmerize.

4. In the novel's title "Lisa, Bright and Dark", to what does the term "Bright" refer?
(a) Lisa's use of an English accent when talking.
(b) Lisa's periods of mental illness.
(c) Lisa's periods of relative normalcy.
(d) Lisa's obsession with the sun.

5. What does Betsy Goodman wish she had during her interview with Neil Donovan?
(a) A camera so she could take his picture.
(b) A notebook to take notes.
(c) A cigarette to make her look older.
(d) A psychology book to refer to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator state that Jeremy Bernstein should have been an administrator or a computer technician?

2. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to tell her parents that she thinks she might be crazy because...

3. The narrator states that adults prevent anyone from "get[ting] to the truth" (p. 27) because they are...

4. What sport does Brian Morris play?

5. According to Mary Nell Fickett, why do teenagers like to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes?

(see the answer key)

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